Director

Declan Lowney

Two words define Irish Director Declan Lowney's recent career - Ted and Lasso. Declan has Directed 8 episodes of the global smash hit Ted Lasso, and was a Supervising Producer for all 12 episodes of Season 2. Much like the players in Coach Lasso's charge, Declan found his involvement with the show to be a life changing experience! He enjoyed an excellent working relationship with Jason Sudeikis, who entrusted Declan to helm the epic Season 3 Finale. Declan was nominated for an Outstanding Directing Emmy for the episode, and has just been nominated for his first Directors Guild of America Award too! For his work on the first two seasons of the show, Declan received another Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing (107), and won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy. He also won a Producers Guild of America Award, both for Season 2. But even before Ted Lasso, Declan was already a very funny Film and Television Director. He has directed many of the UK's best-loved TV comedies, from the cult hit Father Ted (another Ted!), to the comedy juggernauts Little Britain and Cold Feet. He's a six-time BAFTA Nominee, and two-time BAFTA winner for Comedy. Declan's work is characterised by a light comic touch and warm, sparkling performances that capture the emotional beats of a story, while still keeping it funny. Declan has a parallel career in advertising, directing high-end comedy and celebrity-performance commercials. His long-running Warburtons bread campaign in the UK has featured performances from Sylvester Stallone, The Muppets and Robert De Niro, the latter channeling his Goodfellas/Casino personas to great effect in a British bagel war. The Guardian newspaper called it De Niro's "best work in living memory"! George Clooney and Samuel L Jackson were the latest Hollywood stars to lend their names to the bread campaign. Last year Declan Executive Produced and Directed Sarah Goldberg in her Irish-set, dark, edgy comedy, SisterS, which has just aired on AMC. Meantime Declan directed the Season 2, two-part finale of Apple's The Big Door Prize starring his old pal Chris O'Dowd. He also Directed the Season 1, two-part finale, which is available now on Apple tv+.